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Low Field NMR Water Cut Metering

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Ian W. Wright (Tomographic Imaging and Porous Media Laboratory)

| David
Lastockin (Tomographic Imaging and Porous Media Laboratory)
| Kevin Allsopp
(Tomographic Imaging and Porous Media Laboratory)
| Maureen Evers-Dakers
(Canadian Natural Resources Limited)
| Apostolos Kantzas (University of
Calgary)
http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/77408-MS
SPE-77408-MS
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 29 September-2 October, San
Antonio, Texas
2002
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Abstract
We have developed a new on line water cut meter using low field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technology.
This instrument is designed for use on heavy oil systems where conventional instruments experience difficulties.
We present laboratory and field data for application of low field NMR to water cut measurements of bitumen/water
mixtures. Data from successful field tests near Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, shows that the instrument is capable of
making water cut measurements over a wide range of fluid types and temperatures. We have successfully
measured fluid streams with temperatures ranging from 60 to 150 degrees Centigrade and with water cut ranging
from 40 to 95 percent. The instrument is capable of functioning accurately over a wide range of emulsions and/or
foams and through significant variations of water salinity.
The current application is for water cut measurements on a well site. However, the instrument can be applied in any
system where heavy oil, bitumen, water, gas and solid systems may be encountered. It can be used for water cut

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and/or for three phase (oil/water/gas) volume fraction measurements. The instrument is equally capable of
performing well site monitoring for regulatory/reconciliation purposes, for characterizing produced fluids, in
separation, pipelining and upgrading processes for process control and for quality testing.
Introduction
One of the most challenging problems in the production and processing of heavy oil and bitumen is the task of
measuring the flow of oil and water. Most instruments have been designed for conventional crude oils and perform
poorly when applied to heavy and viscous hydrocarbons. We have developed a new water cut measurement tool
specifically for use on heavy oil and bitumen streams. This tool is based on low field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(NMR) and has shown great promise1 as an on line tool in use at a field in northern Alberta, Canada where bitumen
in being produced using cyclic steam injection. This project is an extension of considerable experience in the lab
with core analysis2-7.
The initial stages in this particular project have been discussed elsewhere1,7. In brief initial experiments consisted
of measuring both known and unknown discrete samples of oil/bitumen and water mixtures in a lab NMR instrument
similar to what was used here. Some measurements were also made using unknown samples collected at the
wellhead and placed in the instrument with no further preparation. Excellent correlations between NMR
measurements and Dean-Stark analysis (approximately 99 %) have been reported from this work.1,7 The next step
was to build an on line tool based on this technology. The field results are reported elsewhere1, but the results have
generally been viewed as excellent with this technology being in general at least as accurate as other tools typically
used on these types of oil fields. This paper attempts to explain the technology and how it works.
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